India's President Ram Nath Kovind administers Amit Shah's oath of office during a swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi, India May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - He made his name as a ruthless backroom politician and master strategist who won election victories for his boss, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also has a reputation for the incendiary, recently describing illegal Bangladeshi immigrants as "like termites" taking grain and jobs from India's poor.
Now, 54-year-old Amit Shah will have to demonstrate he has the temperament to run India's most sensitive cabinet portfolio, home affairs.
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